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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2009/7/27 augusto pinto <[email protected]>: > While Priolkar may have been a diligent researcher, there is hardly > any doubt to my mind that his research had a definite political edge. > In fact he prepared a partisan agenda for MGP and BJP and other > Hindutva oriented groups which is still used to this day. Assuming all that Augusto says is accurate (there is still scope for doubt and interpretation), we are still left with the original (unasked, but alluded-to question): Does Priolkar's position influence his research on the Goa Inquisition? If so, in what direction does it skew it, and to what extent if material? In addition, I am also keen to understand a wider issue: if there has indeed been a Black Legend [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend] created about the Goa Inquisition too, as was done for the Spanish, then who has made use of this over the centuries and to what purpose? Despite the occasional distracting post, this debate has indeed been interesting and has thrown up many useful perspectives. At least, I have found them useful. FN
